Juste a
nice piece of life... ...but
I hope there'll be a little bit more*,
for <A man with
white hair is like a house in winter: The
snow on the
roof does not prove that there is no fire in the chimney...>
(Maurice Chevalier)

Life is like a book.
A fool leafs
it through without attention.The wise man reads it deliberately because he knowsthat he can read it only once.(Jean Paul)

Grown up in
Innsbruck, after1945 in the small village
of
Mils near Hall in Tirol
(four people in one room in a farmer's house): The French occupying
forces had confiscated our home.

1949 back to our home, now abandoned by the French, in the marvellous
picturesque old town of Hall in
Tirol (it's a
must to visit this town which will probably soon be part of UNESCO
world heritage!!!)

Primary school in
Hall - day after day, a 3 km walk, even at 15 degrees below
zero,
often accompanied by Christel - where may she be now?

Studies
at
Münster and Berlin Universities, no financial help
from my
parents, financed by private lessons and different jobs during the
holidays.
Engaged with G. (teacher at a primary school)
1965/66 Assistant in Geneva - great year, but my fiancee leaves me
again - due to the distance between us.

14
year-old boy in Essen

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for enlargement

Studies in Bochum (psychology
and
law; teacher
of German, French, English) graduation in the wild year of 1968
- publications in newspapers and magazines